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@cogito2

And, of course, there's always the Uri Geller dodge to fall back on, as when Johnny Carson switched spoons on him. "Oh, I'm sorry, but I'm just not feeling it tonight."

@christomaszewski1

The Higgs field tells a particle how much mass to have. It is a short-range effect; only the Higgs bosons in the immediate vicinity of a particle interact with that particle. A particle with mass in turn exerts a gravitational force on every other particle with mass -- gravit...

@BrAdEnSB666

You're not going to see these colors visually. The best you can hope for is to spot faint gray patches at the correct locations. Look up a technique called "star hopping".

@vibol03

Yeah, it sucks, but imagine what your life might be like if this country didn't defend itself and its friends You can debate how much spending is "enough", but remember that it takes two sides to stop a conflict but only one side to *start* one. And lower military budgets equate to hig...

@somthinjustaintright

In air at Earth-atmosphere pressure, you can produce a "sound" wave by simply waving your hand back and forth. The frequency is too low for your ear to perceive, but it is nonetheless very low-frequency "sound". The principle works in extremely low-density gas, too, just a...

@elibeth121

As a document for conveying facts from one person to another, the bible is a *huge* failure. Vast numbers of books have been written on how to properly "interpret" the bible, especially in the myriad of places where the bible contradicts itself or says something blatantly ethically r...

@pillefaxe

You obviously missed the part near the beginning where Ashley said that, if presented with evidence, even though his inclination is NOT to believe, good and sufficient evidence would change his mind.

@Obelisk155

Actually, the Sun is large enough to begin helium burning at its core. This, in fact, is what will cause the Sun's expansion into a red giant. Helium will fuse into carbon and oxygen, but the core will not get hot enough to initiate carbon burning. The Sun will ultimately collapse ...

@Ox1ze

Not necessary. Firstly, with reasonable polar alignment, even an unguided mount would allow exposures significantly longer than 40 seconds without trailing stars. Secondly, a stationary camera, without any tracking at all, may not trail, depending on the focal length and declination. Th...

Eep. The comments below reflect so much complete misunderstanding and partial comprehension of the concepts that it's really impossible to straighten them all out in just a short posting. Cosmologists use the word "flat" in a different sense when talking about the geometry of the Universe. Sup...

Of *course* he didn't hear any of the logical fallacies Martin pointed out -- that's because he kept right on talking whenever Martin pointed them out. From watching a bunch of these videos, it's easy to begin forming the Chrissy rules for debate:

1) never stop talking long enough to let the o...

@arnie365

Again, you're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts. Belief in a god is well below 50% in nearly every European country. At best, they profess a belief in some kind of "life force".

Yes, I do believe in the universe -- most folks, except the truly deluded, would conce...

@BinaryStars100

"I have seen a number of programs where CC is the conclusion ..." Well, yes. It so happens that the CC is a quite good explanation of the universal acceleration. So, within the observational errors, CC fits -- what else are they going to say? There are other possible explanati...

@pseudorandomly

(cont) ... that situation will reverse. Since the Earth moves more quickly in its orbit when it is close, the southern hemisphere will wind up with less summertime heating while the northern hemisphere gets more. But since the northern hemisphere has most of the land, that chang...